A point is placed after this second sj^mbol to separate the Depart- 

 ment and bureau notation from the rest of the " classitication number." 

 Examples: 



Al. = Agriculture Department, Secretary's Office, 



A2. — Agriculture Department, Accounts and Disbursements 



Division. 

 A3. = Agriculture Department, Agrostology Division. 

 A4. = Agriculture Department, Animal Industry Bureau. 

 Tl. = Treasury Department, Secretary's Office. 

 T2. = Treasury Department, Appointments Division. 

 T3. = Treasury Department, Auditor for Treasury Department 



(First Auditor.) 

 T-i. = Treasury Department, Auditor for War Department 

 (Second Auditor.) 



Series symbol. 



Next to be considered was a symbol for the numerous series of publi- 

 cations which emanate from these various publishing offices. As sub- 

 stantially ever}^ Government publishing office issues an annual report, 

 this annual report is considered to be the most important series in the 

 publications of every office, and figure 1 was therefore designated as 

 the symbol for "annual reports," and written as the third term in a 

 "classification number," following the point. 



In like manner an arbitrary symbol, figure 2, is assigned to the 

 numerous publications of a miscellaneous character which are not 

 numV)cred or volumed in any series. Such sporadic issues have been 

 called "general publications," and their symbol, figure 2, is written 

 as the third term in a "classification number". 



A majority of the pu])lishing offices issue their publications num- 

 bered in series called "bulletins" or " circulars " or both; the terms 

 being applied without any regularity as to size or character of the 

 works thus numbered. The figure 8 for "bulletins" and the figure 4 

 for "circulars" have been permanently assigned to these classes, to be 

 written as the third term in a "classification number." 



We now have figures 1, 2, 3, and 4, when written after the point as 

 the third term in a "classification number," permanently assigned as 

 symbols, as follows: 



.1 = Annual reports. 

 .2 = General publications. 

 .3 = Bulletins. 

 .4 = Circulars. 

 From this point the various series are ari'anged alphal)eti('ally as 

 far as possible, assigned the numbers following indefinitel3', and all 



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